News24 reports that the Clifton beach saga resurfaced on Wednesday with a court dismissing an application to have the suspended registration of three private security guards reinstated by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA).  

This was the outcome of an urgent application in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria by the Professional Protection Alternatives (PPA).  PSiRA is investigating the three for alleged breach of its code of conduct in the light of complaints about the guards' alleged removal of beachgoers in December.  PSiRA agreed with the court's dismissal of the application as not urgent as the security guards have not exhausted their recourse within the regulatory body.  Their hearing is scheduled for 4 March.  "Accordingly, the authority welcomes this judgment as it was an unnecessary exercise considering that the three officers had an opportunity to appeal against their suspended registration with the authority," said PSiRA in a statement.

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